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Taxonomy
Family:
ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Onychoteuthoidea (Superfamily)
> Onychoteuthidae (Family)
> Moroteuthopsis (Genus)
> ingens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Kondakovia Filippova, 1972
=Onykia (Moroteuthopsis) Pfeffer, 1908
Synonymised Names:
=Moroteuthis ingens (E.A. Smith, 1881)
=Onychoteuthis ingens E.A. Smith, 1881
=Onykia ingens (E.A. Smith, 1881)
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Taxonomy
Family:
ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Onychoteuthoidea (Superfamily)
> Onychoteuthidae (Family)
> Moroteuthopsis (Genus)
> ingens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Kondakovia Filippova, 1972
=Onykia (Moroteuthopsis) Pfeffer, 1908
Synonymised Names:
=Moroteuthis ingens (E.A. Smith, 1881)
=Onychoteuthis ingens E.A. Smith, 1881
=Onykia ingens (E.A. Smith, 1881)
Details: Moroteuthopsis ingens (E.A. Smith, 1881)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 550m
Distribution:
Widespread in New Zealand and sub-Antarctic waters. Most commonly between 250 and 900 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bolstad, K.S. 2010 Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida), Zootaxa, 2696 (p.96)
  • Bolstad, K.S. 2007 Systematics and distribution of the New Zealand onychoteuthid fauna (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida), including a new species, Notonykia nesisi sp. nov., Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 17 (p.314)
  • Roper, C.F.E., Sweeney, M.J., Nauen, C.E. 1984 Food and Agriculture Organization Species Catalogue: Volume 3. Cephalopods of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries, FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, FAO, Rome, Italy, 125(3) (p.130)
  • Clark, M.R. 1980 Cephalopoda in the diet of sperm whales of the southern hemisphere and their bearing on sperm whale biology, Discovery Reports, 37 (p.121)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.441)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil